To: Amy West, Task Force Prometheus

[Sally]

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User ID: Cpt. Michael Bartlertt.

Target ID: Cmdr. Amy West, Task Force Prometheus.

Subject: Deal.

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Commander Amy West;

Provisional captain Michael Bartlertt speaking, on behalf of the crew of the now defunct Insurgent Secondary Fleet, Battleship Petronius.

I've just had the perfectly timed luck and pleasure of meeting with Navarch Leviathan on the field, while mobilizing onto our next hideout within the Copernicus System, he provided sitrep on the Legion remnants being aided by the Technocracy to keep fighting back against the Republic of Liberty. Over the last three years ever since Veracruz fell, we've been laying low and monitoring the situation on Liberty, particularly Ontario and Pennsylvania, unable to intervene much due to the precarious state of the Arbiter-class our crew is stuck with; the vessel is in severe disrepair and requires urgent maintenance, something that our already under-crewed team is unable to fulfill, and as time passes more issues keep piling up to the extent that our vessel has become a liability rather than a safe haven.

Commander West, I'm getting in touch with you with one request, and that is that you aid our crew to return our vessel to combat readiness, something that Navarch Leviathan ensured your engineers can do with relative ease. I am glad to report that the extent of damage has more to do with lack of maintenance of sensitive equipment rather than full-fledged combat on the field, the vessel has seen little action ever since the Insurgency fell, so it shouldn't take longer than three months to get it up and running again with the right team of engineers, and less than a month with a full team and with the right infrastructure, something that your people has access to.

What we'll offer in return is our assistance in the field, our short-term goal is to cooperate with the irregular Zoner Militant groups in evicting Liberty forces from the Pennsylvania system and paying the debt that our people has with the victims and refugees down in Erie.


However and before any agreement is made we'd like to hear what are your terms and conditions, while we do respect the direction and position your group has taken in seeking refuge and support among the Technocracy, we would rather remain in a semi-autonomous capacity and seek to directly fly under command and support of the Zoner irregulars currently stationed in Pennsylvania, while also cooperating with Task Force Prometheus and any other domestic groups where our goals align whenever needed.

We'll wait your response, Commander Amy West, Libera Te Ex Infernis.

... It's been a while since I last heard that motto, now that I think about it.

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Cpt. Michael Bartlett, Battleship Petronius.

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